But I have to say that Thrawn acts so mature even in OBF that it's hard to think of him as someone in his mid or late twenties...

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Well, Red Sky, Blue Flame claims that Chiss generally run off to training academies at the age of 10 (Shawnkyr is only 12 in the short story), so mid-late 20s Chiss should probably be considered accordingly.
Granted, RSBF is ridden with continuity fails, so take that how you will.

It's a good read Zeta1127 Feel free to discuss what you think of Thrawn, battle strategies, and other points here with us.

Well, also it is generally considered valid that the Chiss mature must faster then humans, yet still have a long life. So in a way it's not too hard to invision someone who's had a hard start to life ending up like Thrawn in some way by the mid-late twenties, especially if they get past the hormonal angst quicker then humans. Which could possibly add another four or seven years to mental maturation compared to same aged adult humans. Although considering some humans that doesn't say much, so I just mark it off as him being an artist/social savant that was able to use it for the defense of his people.

But I have to say that Thrawn acts so mature even in OBF that it's hard to think of him as someone in his mid or late twenties...

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Well, Red Sky, Blue Flame claims that Chiss generally run off to training academies at the age of 10 (Shawnkyr is only 12 in the short story), so mid-late 20s Chiss should probably be considered accordingly.
Granted, RSBF is ridden with continuity fails, so take that how you will.

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Yes, you're right. But at the same time Thrawn says in OBF that he is the youngest commander ever in Expansionary Defense Fleet (is it called that?), which indicates that he is supposed to be special. But as you said, Red Sky Blue Flame was very problematic when it came to continuity ...

Just to share with you that fantastic artwork of Thrawn (exiled version, from the Mist Encounter novel - if you didn't read it yet, DO IT, it's really good)
artwork by Wraith DT(Darren Tan) - Thrawn looks so good and handsome here. With his long hair *_* coming right out of his jungle

Now those are both fantastic I like them both very much and even remember the stories they are from. I think it was actually you Vana or just this thread in general that introduced me to that story and made me have to track down the book to be able to buy it, now I have the black and white D6 sketch of Thrawn before Zahn had written the novel with him I think.

Vana, I looove that picture where he has long hair. Fangasm! I don't like that one from Side Trip though, it looks like he has the beginnings of a double chin...
But oh well, as soon as you read a story with him in it, his sex appeal shines through no matter what

Hey I'm new here, but am a huge Thrawn fan. Did anyone else mind that Thrawn new Palpatine 27BBY? When I read OBF that kind of irritated me. I guess because after he helps Palpatine he gets exiled and it later "discovered" by Imps again. I guess I never understood why, if Palpatine valued him so much, he never sought out Thrawn in his exile. With Palpatine's immense money and pulls I'm sure he could have found him sooner.

It mentions somewhere (Vision of the Future, maybe, when Parck & Fel talk to Luke & Mara? EDIT: Red Sky, Blue Flame, according to the Wook- but that isn't a Zahn story which could explain some inconsistencies) that Palpatine somehow found a way to contact the Ascendancy and tried to lure Thrawn to the Empire but that Thrawn could not honorably leave, so he orchestrated his own exile to free him from his duties to the Ascendancy.

But that still makes the Mist Encounter story awfully coincidental without any unseen strings being pulled by Palpatine.

No prob, but do bear in mind that Red Sky, Blue Flame is really not the best source from which to construct a history of Thrawn. As I said, it is not written by Zahn (as opposed to nearly every other thing out there remotely tied into the character) and it is fraught with canon inconsistencies- it is also told from a fairly limited perspective of a young Jag Fel, who could very well have the Thrawn story wrong. A fun short story though.

I just assume that other authors are terrified to go near the character, lol. IIRC, Stackpole has only written him in collaboration with Zahn... Denning sort of wrote him in Tatooine Ghost, and RS, BF is Elaine Cunningham.